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Liquid Metal Sensors for Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review thoroughly reviews liquid metal sensors in soft robots. Their unique material properties like high conductivity and good biocompatibility are analyzed. Working principles are classified, and applications in environmental perception, motion detection, and human—robot interaction are introduced.
Qi Zhang, Nan Li, Yujia Song, Chen Hua, Tangzhen Guan, Yibing Ma, Cai Cheng, Jing Liu   +7 more
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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
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Highlighting Recent Progress in Fiber Energy Harvesters: From Working Principles to Future Perspectives

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Fiber energy harvesters offer unprecedented flexibility and a unique capacity for integration into commercial textiles, overcoming the limitations of bulky and rigid conventional devices. This review summarizes recent advances in fiber‐based energy harvesting and provides strategic outlooks to accelerate technological progress in the field. ABSTRACT As
Hanhwi Jang, Junseong Ahn, Yongrok Jeong, Sohee Jeon, Soon Hyoung Hwang, Min‐Wook Oh, Jun‐Ho Jeong, Inkyu Park, Yeon Sik Jung   +8 more
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AI‐Optimized Vanadium Oxide Multilayers for More Than 20‐fold Enhancement in Bolometric Performance

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Machine‐learning‐optimized WxV1‐xOy multilayer thin films with graded doping achieve a high TCR (7.3 % K−1), reduced hysteresis, and low noise under CMOS‐compatible growth conditions. This approach overcomes the long‐standing trade‐off in microbolometers between linear response and performance, offering a universal bolometric parameter greatly enhanced
Jin‐Hyun Choi, Hyoung‐Taek Lee, Jeonghoon Kim, Miju Park, Seungjoon Sun, Gye‐Hyeon Kim, Myung‐Ho Kwon, Hyeong‐Ryeol Park, Changhee Sohn   +8 more
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Machine Learning Discovery of Record‐Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Double Perovskites

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
 A deep learning interatomic potential is introduced to predict forces for computing phonon properties and thermal transport behavior in double perovskites. Screening 9,709 compounds identifies 1,597 stable materials, and Boltzmann transport calculations including both three and four‐phonon scattering suggests a record‐low lattice thermal conductivity ...
Md Zaibul Anam, Alejandro Rodriguez, Riccardo Rurali, Ming Hu   +3 more
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Borophene: Crucial Challenges and the Way Forward

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review explores the challenges and progress in borophene research, focusing on synthesis strategies, structural properties, and potential applications. It highlights key experimental breakthroughs, discusses theoretical insights into borophene's unique features, and addresses pathways for overcoming stability and scalability issues.
Zhixuan Li, Jeyaraman Sankar, Prashant Kumar, Ajayan Vinu   +3 more
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Biocompatible Magnetopyroelectric Composite Films for Cell Stimulation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Magnetopyroelectric films couple Fe3O4 nanoparticles with pyroelectric P(VDF‐TrFE) to turn alternating magnetic fields into controlled heat and pyroelectric currents. This heavy‐metal free platform safely boosts neural progenitor cells differentiation via synergistic thermal and pyroelectrical cues, engages AKT and calcium pathways, and opens practical
Hao Ye, Joaquin Llacer‐Wintle, Semih Sevim, Elric Zhang, Denis von Arx, Lukas Hertle, Martina Accursi, Minsoo Kim, Josep Puigmartí‐Luis, Bradley J. Nelson, Xiang‐Zhong Chen, Salvador Pané   +11 more
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Interfacial Synergy in a Band‐Aligned Low‐Dimensional Heterojunction Toward Broadband Photodetection

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Monolithically integrating sensing and communication, a Ta2NiSe5/Sb2Te3 heterojunction achieves visible‐to‐near‐infrared photovoltaics with high‐speed terahertz photo‐thermoelectric detection at room temperature. By engineering a Type‐II van der Waals heterojunction, we overcome the intrinsic spectral limitations and disparate physical requirements of ...
Yuanfeng Wen, Kening Xiao, Yao Yang, Mengjie Jiang, Libo Zhang, Shicong Hou, Hang Ma, Yunduo Zhang, Wenqi Mo, Yiran Tan, Bolang Peng, Jinqiu Huang, Xueyuan Wei, Chunming Liu, Bangjian Zhao, Jiale He, Qing Li, Songyuan Ding, Yi Zhou, Guanhai Li, Xiaoshuang Chen   +20 more
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Ultrasoft Yet Tough Multifunctional Organohydrogels Enabled by Molecular Chain Lubrication Strategy for Self‐Powered Wearable Electronics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An ultrasoft yet tough organohydrogel (AQGL) with 5800% stretchability and 14.3 kPa modulus is developed via a novel molecular chain lubrication strategy. It features optical transparency, drying/freezing (−40°C) tolerance, antibacterial activity, conductivity, self‐healing, and adhesiveness.
Si Wang, Lin Hu, Mingbo Pu, Mingfeng Xu, Tao Zhou, Hanbing Rao, Xiong Li, Xiaoliang Ma, Gehong Su, Xiangang Luo   +9 more
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Highly Aligned Bacteria Cellulose Yarn Aggregation for Energy Generation and Strain Sensing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Although high‐performance bacterial cellulose fibers have attracted significant interest for wearable electronics, a self‐powered and high‐mechanosensitive design is still scarce for achieving an intelligent integrated system. Here, we demonstrate an innovative bio‐fabrication strategy to develop a core‐sheath yarn that features the ordered network and
Chong Gao, Duo Xu, Hui Sun, Sun Ping, Zongxue Gu, Keshuai Liu, Zhiqiang Zhou, Bin Yu, Jian Fang, Weilin Xu   +9 more
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